Fastening device for undergarments.



A. P. SOHREMP.

' FASTENING DEVICE FOR UNDERGARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.4,1911.

1,018,009, Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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ADOLPH P.

SCHREMP, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR UNDERGARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed October 4, 1911. Serial No. 652,893.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH P. SOHREMP, of Utica, in the county ofOneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Fastening Devices for Undergarments, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is afull, clear; and exact description.

This invention relates to takeup means for garments and pertains moreparticularly to underwear in which it is desired to change the sizeabout the waist.

The object of my invention is to produce an efficient, durable andinexpensive means by which the circumference of garments may be readilyand easily increased or diminished.

Other objects and uses will appear in the following description:

In the drawings :Figure l shows my takeup means partially attached tothe rear portion of an undergarment, including the upper andcircumferential band thereof. Fig. 2 shows a similar portion of agarment with any takeup device in position on the garment as worn.

To accomplish my purposes, I secure to the upper band of the garment areinforced strip of cloth 1 having button apertures 2- therein. One endof this strip is fastened to the inside of the garment band in anysuitable manner as by stitching. I have shown it sewed thereto along theline 6-6. The said strip then crosses the opening 9 customarily existingin such garments, and is passed through the aperture 5 in the garmentband. It is then lapped backward and again passed inside the garmentacross the opening 9 and through the aperture 4. until one of the buttonholes or apertures 2 is in position to be placed over a button 5.

It will be readily seen that the amount of takeup depends upon which ofthe apertures 2 is used, and in connection with which button. I haveshown but two apertures and two buttons, but it is apparent that morebuttons or more apertures may be used without departing from the spiritof my invention.

What I claim is:

In combination with an undergarment divided through a portion of therear side and provided with slits theret-hrough at opposite sides of thedivision, a strap attached to the garment some distance from thedivision beyond the slit at that side and eX- tended across the divisionand through the other slit and returned through the division and throughthe first named slit and attached to the garment.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 12th day ofSeptember 1911.

ADOLPH P. SCHREMP.

Witnesses:

EUGENE A. THOMPSON, E. F. SPEAKING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

